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[Q] Cordless Charging Pad

Anyone here use one of those cordless charging pads where you can simply place your phone on the pad for a charge? I am looking into purchasing one and would like to hear about anyone's experience with them.
Thanks in advance for your replies.

cmccollough said:
Anyone here use one of those cordless charging pads where you can simply place your phone on the pad for a charge? I am looking into purchasing one and would like to hear about anyone's experience with them.
Thanks in advance for your replies.
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So far as I know, no one makes one that is specifically compatible with the HTC G2/Desire-Z...
You can still use most of them, but they will require to device to be plugged into the G2/Desire-Z and then for that to be placed onto the charging pad, which kind of defeats the purpose of "wireless charging"

Oh i didnt even know they were made for specific phones, that sucks. Well, thanks for the heads-up.

cmccollough said:
Oh i didnt even know they were made for specific phones, that sucks. Well, thanks for the heads-up.
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Ok well let me re-phrase that... The charging pads or mats are not made for specific phones. But the accessories you must buy to make them charge wireless are. For example, to wireless charge a Droid X on the PowerMat, you have to purchase a special battery cover/door for the Droid X. For the true "no wires" effect on any of the wireless charging mats out there, it requires buying a special battery and/or battery cover, if they make one for your device. No one has made one for the HTC Desire-Z/G2 yet that I'm aware of.

It's bleeping charging
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i have one
I have one(Power Mat), use it for my HD2. Works very well. Seems to help with battery life, as it seems to charge better a little bit slower. takes about 45 minutes longer the charge my hd2, but lasts hours longer since i got it. Still waiting for a powermat battery cover for my g2, but havent seen one yet. Got mine at walmart for 80 bucks, i think it was well worth it. very easy to charge, dont have to worry about plugging it in all the time, as you just set it down, and it charges.

Does anyone know if the HD2 battery could fit inside the G2...if that's the case, you could mod it to fit. Like the Evo battery for the G2
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ZombieUsr said:
Does anyone know if the HD2 battery could fit inside the G2...if that's the case, you could mod it to fit. Like the Evo battery for the G2
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no, its different. Besides, its isnt the battery that make the powermat work. Its an aftermarket battery cover. You still use your stock battery. The battery cover could not be modded to fit either, as it is completely different in size.

Ah that sucks...thanks...was hoping it was an all in one cover battery.
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"Wireless" yet there's a wire into the wall.
How do you charge your phone when you're talking on it?
Hold the mat up to your head?
When they have the ability to use EMF to wirelessly charge your phone,
All you'll need to do is be within the vicinity of the charger.
That's wireless.

I know this kind of defeats the objective but for the time being you could use one of these
http://www.powermat.com/us/receivers/other/universal-powercube-receiver.html
Not sure if that works with the Vision, if not get the one with 7 tips

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MacaronyMax said:
I know this kind of defeats the objective but for the time being you could use one of these
http://www.powermat.com/us/receivers/other/universal-powercube-receiver.html
Not sure if that works with the Vision, if not get the one with 7 tips
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haha that's hilarious

Time to upgrade...Please help...

Okay, so here's the deal. I bought the Samsung Charge from Best Buy in July to get in on the unlimited 4G before Verizon killed that program. I paid for the buyback program so I can upgrade and get half the value of my Charge in trade.
I had the Fascinate and it was phenomenal. Never a problem. My Charge sucks worse than my old blackberry storm.
I got the high temp voice cut glitch so I had it replaced and guess what, yep, got it on this one too. So I'm convinced that Samsung blew it and I'd be stuck if I hadn't bought the buyback program.
My son in law has the OG Droid and still loves it. I was thinking about going with the Bionic but I heard the Razr is what the Bionic should be.
The problem is, I don't have time to do the research and the salesmen always lie.
Please give me your recommendations based on what the developers will (may) be working on. I want to root it on day one and I must have an SD card, so the nexus is out.
I can't tell you how much I hate my phone...
Oh, for you charge users, if you must talk on your phone while on the charger, try this. Remove the back and lay your fingers across the battery. This keeps the temp at around 104 to 107 degrees and you can help prevent that overheat voice cut bug.
Thanks for helping!
Alan S. Shole
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Also, I'm concerned about battery life.
I need a cardock and auxiliary battery charger like my Fascinate had.
I know the Bionic has them available. Does the razr?
What a PITA!
Thanks.
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Nokia Qi Wireless Car Charger CR-200

I'm surprised we missed this one. There's a new QI wireless car charger that's been announced by Nokia.
Available in May (possibly April) and retails for 69EUR
EDIT: Confirmed, looks like it's compatible with the nexus 4 (see post #11). NFC may be a little tricky though.
http://www.nokia.com/global/products/accessory/cr-200/

Interesting that this was missed in the mainstream news. As long as it fixes the issues that Nokia's home chargers had with the Nexus 4 it'd be something a great buy.

From MobileFun:
"we can confirm that the holder does feature adjustable holders but we do not have specific details on the minimum and maximum size range (we'll update this asap) Although anything close to the Lumia 920 will be suitable."
I'll keep the thread updated with any new relevant information.
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Oh man, never thought of a NFC tag for my car dock. Keeping my eye on this.

Nice find! If this works with N4 and actually gains a charge with streaming music BT and navigation I am sold.

frigidazzi said:
Nice find! If this works with N4 and actually gains a charge with streaming music BT and navigation I am sold.
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Same here, Im really only posting so this thread doesn't get lost in my CP.

Nokia's official blog says it'll be available starting April 2013.
"Known as the CR-200, this phone holder can be mounted on the dashboard or windscreen of your car and can be used in either a horizontal or vertical position – much like any other phone holder.
However, to save you time and hassle from fumbling for the power cable in the footwell, wireless charging is incorporated right into the design. You can leave the holder plugged into the power outlet, as you’re unlikely to be removing that as often as you would the phone. That means all you need to do the next time you sit in the driver’s seat, is slot in your phone to charge.
Additionally, the holder contains an NFC-tag that’s capable of launching predefined apps on your phone. For example, you can choose to automatically launch HERE Drive when you attach your phone – easy!
Retailing at around €69, the CR-200 comes in black and will be available from April 2013."
http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/02/27/nokia-gear-at-mwc-2013-round-up/

69 euros is like close to a hundred us dollars? As long as I can return it if it doesn't work I will be first to buy and try.
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69eur = 89.61usd
frigidazzi said:
69 euros is like close to a hundred us dollars? As long as i can return it if it doesn't work i will be first to buy and try.
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Anyone wish they would offer these in a light color like white/grey? My old Evo one got hotter than the surface of the sun sitting in my windshield on a long trip (I always took it down to put up a sun screen).

Awww yeah! Works with the nexus 4 (0:50)

Nice! Can't wait to test it.
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This thing hardwired will be fantastic

I'm not sure if this is troublesome, but just before the one minute mark, the charger stops charging the phone for a really brief period of time.

Blazing angel said:
I'm not sure if this is troublesome, but just before the one minute mark, the charger stops charging the phone for a really brief period of time.
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It could be a number of things that could have caused that. For one, he could have been fidgeting with the car charger while talking and such. We can't multi task too well lol.
But it looked to be consistently charging after panning away.

The only knock is it looks like, just like the Owlpad, the cable comes out of the bottom of the charger. I really wish they would come out the back towards the mount (or better yet be like the Galaxy Nexus mount and go into the base) to better conceal the wire.
Even though I will be getting this when it comes out.

http://www.command.com/wps/portal/3...-Clips?N=5924736+3294737326+3294857497&rt=rud
That should sort you out.

ryan stewart said:
The only knock is it looks like, just like the Owlpad, the cable comes out of the bottom of the charger. I really wish they would come out the back towards the mount (or better yet be like the Galaxy Nexus mount and go into the base) to better conceal the wire.
Even though I will be getting this when it comes out.
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hopefully that is the only downside, im more worried about it being able to charge fast enough with gps on without overheating the phone like the owlpad.

neotekz said:
hopefully that is the only downside, im more worried about it being able to charge fast enough with gps on without overheating the phone like the owlpad.
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+1 that's my concern too.
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Anyone tested this charger already?

[Q]Light Leak & Speaker[Q]

Purchased another Nexus 5 the other day, a black version, but when I got it I had to update to 4.2.2 from the box so I think it might have been a batch one device, also the speaker grills are the small ones.
At the top and bottom of the screen, a white bar is visible where the backlight is leaking. It doesn't affect the screen quality at all, and the light doesn't leak any further than the borders of the screen, but it's somewhat annoying at night. Also, it might sound silly but I do use the loudspeaker for gaming and for music sometimes. The one on mine is dreadful, just sounds tinny. Comparing it to my mothers and sisters, it sounds pretty much the same.. but with the larger holes on the newer model is it louder or any better in terms of quality?
Do the new batches have the light leak issue, I'm sure I've seen it mentioned elsewhere.

It seems the 310 batch isn't the only one suffering from issues. Even newer batches have similar issues including button rattles, simtray, light bleeds,etc. It has nothing to do with any new revisions since there is non, its been on rev11 since the release.. Its just your luck.

bushako said:
It seems the 310 batch isn't the only one suffering from issues. Even newer batches have similar issues including button rattles, simtray, light bleeds,etc. It has nothing to do with any new revisions since there is non. Its just your luck.
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Life on a sidenote, when your USB Cable is inserted does it feels loose? By this I mean does it freely move from left to right, or is it quite firm in the device? Although it's still hard to pull out, I find my cable feels quite loose at the connection point.

jaaystott said:
Life on a sidenote, when your USB Cable is inserted does it feels loose? By this I mean does it freely move from left to right, or is it quite firm in the device? Although it's still hard to pull out, I find my cable feels quite loose at the connection point.
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Yes. The "teeth" will hold the cable in.
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jaaystott said:
Life on a sidenote, when your USB Cable is inserted does it feels loose? By this I mean does it freely move from left to right, or is it quite firm in the device? Although it's still hard to pull out, I find my cable feels quite loose at the connection point.
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Yea it is lose. It holds on well but swings loose sideways. I tried using a Samsung charger and that manage to fit snuggly. I think its the micro USB of the charger that wears out after a while and not the port.

bushako said:
Yea it is lose. It holds on well but swings loose sideways. I tried using a Samsung charger and that manage to fit snuggly. I think its the micro USB of the charger that wears out after a while and not the port.
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I think it's just a cheap cable, if you feel the cable compared to other OEM's it feels like cheap rubber though this has it's benefits! Might secretly swap my Dads Note 2 charger for it might seem trivial but it's one of those things that annoys me.

Lol. That's the first thing I thought when I first took it out the box. I also thought they mistakenly placed a different charger, figured it ought to have a Nexus logo on it too. But yea I guess thats part of the " cutting corners" to bring down the price. You can swap your dads charger but hell have to probably spend double the charging time considering the LG charger delivers less Amps compared to the Note 2's.

bushako said:
Lol. That's the first thing I thought when I first took it out the box. I also thought they mistakenly placed a different charger, figured it ought to have a Nexus logo on it too. But yea I guess thats part of the " cutting corners" to bring down the price. You can swap your dads charger but hell have to probably spend double the charging time considering the LG charger delivers less Amps compared to the Note 2's.
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Things like that I think are just attention to detail and really mean a lot to me - but then again I'm purchasing an amazing device for £289. Would have preferred it if they started the prices at £329 and cut a few less corners. Can't be avoided at this price though, I guess.
Already switched the cables out. I was already using a Samsung wall connecter, he was using an old HTC charger, so his charge time shouldn't change. It's still a little loose but is much firmer again the phone, much better :victory:

[WARNING] PMA Wireless Charging defective on LG G3

As many of you know, the AT&T LG G3 is not like the rest of the G3's when it comes to wireless charging. The AT&T unit uses the PMA standard and not the QI type chargers.
Unfortunately after spending a few hundred dollars on wireless chargers and 2 Quick circle cases, I have discovered that the charging unit on the phone is defective.
I purchased 3 Duracell Power-mat chargers along with 2 quick circle cases.
First LG G3 with Circle case charged fine for the first day then failed. I guessed it might have been the case so I purchased new case and tried the new case on a new Power-mat - The phone did not charge. No charging light, no charging animation
I exchanged my LG G3 at best buy and tested the wireless charging in store - and the existing cases and the new LG G3 charged just fine.
After 24 hours the phone stopped charging... I tested my iPhone 4 and the battery packs and on the Power-mat and both charged fine.
Once again I exchanged the phone and used the new Circle case to charge - this time the wireless charging worked for a couple days and again this morning it stopped working.
I went back to best buy and was able to confirm that the circle case and the power-mats are all working and its the actual phone that has stopped working for the third time. 3 phones out of 3 phones have failed after no more than 48 hours using wireless charging - I have also noticed that others in the non-branded LG forum are having the same issues with the PMA charging.
I contacted LG and the lady wants me to send in my phone and be left with out a phone for a couple weeks so that they can repair it and see if there is anything wrong with it.
Please chime in if you are having the same issue.

Equipment involved in testing:
3 x LG G3 (AT&T) - all three failed
2 x LG G3 Quick Circle Case for AT&T - both still functioning and work on new AT&T LG G3's
3 x Duracell Powermat - All three still work with iPhone 4 and Galaxy s3 with case
Contact information for LG
800-243-0000

Thats something.
Your Canadian neighbors are using pma too.
Maybe lg finally realizes PMA IS JUNK.
I cant even find a pma case here in canada.
Always have to look at AT&T case.
I .... AT&T. Don't need there logo on my phone
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neverends said:
Equipment involved in testing:
3 x LG G3 (AT&T) - all three failed
2 x LG G3 Quick Circle Case for AT&T - both still functioning and work on new AT&T LG G3's
3 x Duracell Powermat - All three still work with iPhone 4 and Galaxy s3 with case
Contact information for LG
800-243-0000
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Thanks for starting the thread!!!
I gave ya thanks also. I talked to Customer Service yesterday at AT&T and I have to now bring my phone to a repair shop to Tuesday due to the Holiday. I talked to the repair center and they said that basically that I will have to be sent a new phone, because although the person I talked to believed me she said she would have to call att to get me a new phone sent because they don't stock the LG G3 obviously. It sucks that I am gonna have to flash my phone back to stock and what not. Obviously there is a major problem with the phone and Powermat charging. I hope LG figures it out and its just a hardware fix. Maybe something is tripping software wise and blocking it from charging. I would almost bet its software because it seems like it wants to connect when you first place it on the mat it makes a sound then disconnects. AT&T put something in the software and the hardware of the phone to block QI charging so I guess they didn't do enough testing with the software to block the QI on the ATT phone. I think it's ridiculous to force someone to use Powermat and not give you the option to choose because ATT is part of the powermat alliance or whatever the crap the group is called. The only way powermat will take off is if the i-sheep include it as a feature in the Iphone 6. It is rumored that NFC may be on the Horizon for the new Iphone and you can bet your ass if they add wireless charging it will be that powermat crap. The only good thing is we will see accessories out the azz for powermat if iphone got wireless charging.
Anyways Great thread 5*
Leroy

I was on the phone with ATT for an hour to get a replacement. They said since the phone charges correctly with the cord it wasn't anything wrong with the phone. I had to speak to a supervisor as well as an LG rep to tell ATT it was a hardware issue and that it was covered under warranty just to get a refurbish phone sent to me. Looking at this I want to send back the referb and keep my original phone knowing its bound to happen again. Maan this sucks. I like my wireless charging.

I picked up the LG Quick view case and powermat charger from Att store 2 weeks ago. No issues at all except I noticed my battery life was cut in half. Not sure why but I quit using them both and battery is back what it was. Both are going on Ebay.

Well the day i click the link on to read this forum is the day my wireless charging stopped, this must be a software issue cause how can it just stop right out of the blue, I'm blaming this thread for stopping my wireless charging when i read it lol, seriously there must be a way to get it to work. Is it confirmed that it is the phone and not the case? I was wirelessly charging for about a month.
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Neverends,
Where were those other generic threads you were talking about that people were starting to have the same problems? I am just trying to do more research but have yet to find any other threads discussing this same problem. On another note I guess 2moro I will get another phone ordered, heck maybe I should wait because I would hate to keep blowing thru phones if it ends up being a software issue.

can you try a factory reset? I have a feeling this issue is like so many other little quirks of the phone (things that just stop working all of a sudden) and it's a software issue (like the Aux cable issues)

screwyluie said:
can you try a factory reset? I have a feeling this issue is like so many other little quirks of the phone (things that just stop working all of a sudden) and it's a software issue (like the Aux cable issues)
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I was gonna do that b4 calling ATT back. I have read that it didn't help in another thread. I am rooted so I have got to flash back to stock anyways. I bought a new router and tried flashing dd wrt on it so it's got My phone flashing behind today already. I will report back after I get it flashed back to factory settings though.

neo4uo said:
I was gonna do that b4 calling ATT back. I have read that it didn't help in another thread. I am rooted so I have got to flash back to stock anyways. I bought a new router and tried flashing dd wrt on it so it's got My phone flashing behind today already. I will report back after I get it flashed back to factory settings though.
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I had the same exact issue. Worked fine for a month and then all of a sudden one day stopped working for no apparent reason. I tried factory resetting and this did not work. Had to fight with AT&T to replace the phone as they just don't get it. Finally was replaced and works fine again. Let's see how long it lasts this time...

phonehead6720 said:
I had the same exact issue. Worked fine for a month and then all of a sudden one day stopped working for no apparent reason. I tried factory resetting and this did not work. Had to fight with AT&T to replace the phone as they just don't get it. Finally was replaced and works fine again. Let's see how long it lasts this time...
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Apparently there is some competent people that work there. I actually got someone that knew about the issue. He remoted into my phone and looked for a reading and said yep I see there is an error with your wireless charging. I played stupid and am glad I flashed back to factory.
oh ya by the way going back to stock no root did not fix anything lol. Anyways the rep got me a new phone shipped out no hassle or problems at all.
He actually told me that they knew what was wrong and said that it isn't going to affect many people because a lot of people are not going to wireless charge if there is any truth to that, but that an update would not be pushed out for awhile for the fix. He said the new phone that they are sending me will not stop charging. Anyways we will see how that goes.

screwyluie said:
can you try a factory reset? I have a feeling this issue is like so many other little quirks of the phone (things that just stop working all of a sudden) and it's a software issue (like the Aux cable issues)
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Factory reset and restore using LG tools does not help
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neo4uo said:
Apparently there is some competent people that work there. I actually got someone that knew about the issue. He remoted into my phone and looked for a reading and said yep I see there is an error with your wireless charging. I played stupid and am glad I flashed back to factory.
oh ya by the way going back to stock no root did not fix anything lol. Anyways the rep got me a new phone shipped out no hassle or problems at all.
He actually told me that they knew what was wrong and said that it isn't going to affect many people because a lot of people are not going to wireless charge if there is any truth to that, but that an update would not be pushed out for awhile for the fix. He said the new phone that they are sending me will not stop charging. Anyways we will see how that goes.
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Wait a min so someone for at&t said this? And how did they remotely connect to it and check if the wireless charging works or if it shows and error cause that would actually help to pinpoint if its hardware or software, from the looks of it its faulty software that screws up the hardware cause if they send that ota and it doesn't work on phones that stopped wireless charging then it sucks. Hope that when that fix comes it restores phones that had the issue. That rep just answered one question but opened the door to a whole lot more.
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bolillo said:
Wait a min so someone for at&t said this? And how did they remotely connect to it and check if the wireless charging works or if it shows and error cause that would actually help to pinpoint if its hardware or software, from the looks of it its faulty software that screws up the hardware cause if they send that ota and it doesn't work on phones that stopped wireless charging then it sucks. Hope that when that fix comes it restores phones that had the issue. That rep just answered one question but opened the door to a whole lot more.
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That he did but from his choice of words which I could not by no means quote verbatim, he acted like it was software that messed up the hardware. He did get on my phone remotely because I had to give him access. It was pretty neat a little great play button overlay came up in the middle of my phone and stated an agent can see my screen. You know in the end your right...all he did was give me a reason to ask more questions but I had way much to do and still do than to talk to him. If my new phone bugs out then I am gonna have to make time to find out.

From my experience with multiple phones and multiple cases, I do not believe it is a software issue... I believe the actual hardware fails.... I do think see how restoring using LG flash tools would not resolve a software glitch
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Fyi there is an att remote service installed on these phones by default so yes they can remote in. Ugh this blows as it just happened to me.
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neverends said:
From my experience with multiple phones and multiple cases, I do not believe it is a software issue... I believe the actual hardware fails.... I do think see how restoring using LG flash tools would not resolve a software glitch
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But no means do I actually know what's going on but anything is possible. It could be a situation where a software setting being set wrong could has caused a piece of hardware to short out. Ex: The software setting for allowed voltage was set to high and shorted a resistor for the hardware that controls wireless charging voltage and when the rep remotes into my phone he saw a reading of "null". So to sum up a software problem caused irreversible hardware damage.
One thing I can say indefinitely is the rep I dealt with said there was a memo on it and when he remotes into My phone he immediately within 30 seconds found what he was looking for and confirmed I needed a replacement phone. He then said it was a software problem that couldn't be corrected at the time.
I just hope the New phone I get is corrected, as he assured me it would. Who knows if it will. I hope whatever the cause LG and AT&T either finds the solution or have already.

Interesting, this insinuates a software change on the refurbished handset. Are you going to end up with a different build number? How long till it shows up in official builds? (These are just out loud musings.) Sorry to hear that there's yet another poor implementation on this phone. I think they were trying too hard to get out in front of Apple's announcement and the IFA.

neo4uo said:
But no means do I actually know what's going on but anything is possible. It could be a situation where a software setting being set wrong could has caused a piece of hardware to short out. Ex: The software setting for allowed voltage was set to high and shorted a resistor for the hardware that controls wireless charging voltage and when the rep remotes into my phone he saw a reading of "null". So to sum up a software problem caused irreversible hardware damage.
One thing I can say indefinitely is the rep I dealt with said there was a memo on it and when he remotes into My phone he immediately within 30 seconds found what he was looking for and confirmed I needed a replacement phone. He then said it was a software problem that couldn't be corrected at the time.
I just hope the New phone I get is corrected, as he assured me it would. Who knows if it will. I hope whatever the cause LG and AT&T either finds the solution or have already.
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When it gets here you bet I will go thru it with a tooth in a comb to see if there is any difference maybe they actually changed a piece a hardware in the New one to compensate for a software deficiency. If it stays fixed I am sure we will find out the truth way later or possibly never.
One thing the rep did say is that if there is a software update it would be a while because not a lot of people were utilizing the wireless charging.